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A Key to the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera
with special reference to North and South Dakota
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4a (4'). Functional
mandibles present, mid-tibiae without spurs:
Superfamily
Micropterigoidea*
There is one family.
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Family Micropterigidae, Mandibulate moths, are a group
of 118 species worldwide and two in North America.
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4a.’ Proboscis
present, mid-tibiae with a single spur: Superfamily Eriocranioidea*
There are two North American families.
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Family Eriocraniidae, Woolly-head
moths, contain fewer than 30 species worldwide and 13 species in 4 genera
from North America. These moths have prominent ocelli and three segmented
labial palpi. At right: Eriocrania aurosparcella (Walsingham) |
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Family Acanthopteroctetidae are a
small group of three species in Western North America. These moths lack ocelli
and have two segmented labial palpi.
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